Frank Henderson, donning an Arizona state flag as a cape, a Cardinals banner and holding a "Shock The World" sign, reveled in the Rodney Dangerfieldness of it all. "We get no respect," said the civil engineer from Desert Hills, AZ. "No one expected us to be here." ...more

January 31, 2009

When we think of what kind of country we wish to leave our children and grandchildren, we probably would rather not hand down a nation bereft of its natural wonders with its once-abundant resources depleted, gone forever. We need places such as Yellowstone and Yosemite, the Arctic Refuge and the Grand Canyon, just as they are, for future generations of Americans to marvel at, as we have had the good fortune to do. ...more

August 17, 2008